Martha J (Deaver) Evans

12/14/1927 - 7/6/2022

Martha J. Evans, age 94, of Portland passed away Wednesday July 6, 2022 in Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. She was born in Dallas, Texas on December 14, 1927 the daughter of Victor Hugo and Clara Mae (Walker) Deaver. She was married on February 9, 1946 to Homer Evans and he passed away on March 14, 2012. Martha and her husband operated State Farm Insurance in Portland for many years before retirement.

Surviving are one daughter Nancy Leever (husband Gary) of Versailes, Indiana and two granddaughters.

There will be no funeral services. Burial will be in the Green Park Cemetery. Memorials can be made to Jay County Humane Society. Baird-Freeman Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Baird-Freeman Funeral Home; July 8, 2022
Contributed by Jim Cox

Buried in Green Park Cemetery